Sundar Pichai
CALM FACE, GEMINI EVERYWHERE
THE DEAL
Pichai interviewed at Google on the day Gmail launched.
SOURCES: StanfordWharton MagazineGoogleGoogle
AT A GLANCE
- EDUCATION
- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur · Engineering · received the Institute Silver MedalStanford
- EDUCATION
- Stanford University · Materials science and engineering · Master's degreeStanford
1 MORE FACT
- EDUCATION
- University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School · MBAStanford
THE ARCHIVE
History · cartoons · headlines
THE TIMELINE9 sourced events
JOINED THE DAY GMAIL LAUNCHED. NOW RUNS THE WHOLE PLACE
Pichai interviewed at Google on the day Gmail launched. He went on to run Chrome and Android, took over Google in 2015, inherited Alphabet in 2019, declared the company "AI-first," swapping out the old mobile-first slogan — and then had to deliver Gemini against OpenAI's head start.
1993
IIT KHARAGPUR'S MEDALIST HEADS FOR STANFORD
Pichai came to Stanford in 1993 and earned a master’s degree in materials science and engineering after studying engineering at IIT Kharagpur.
SOURCES: Stanfordreported
2002
WHARTON ADDS THE MBA
Pichai earned an MBA from Wharton in 2002 after engineering and product-management work.
SOURCES: Wharton Magazinereported
2004
HE INTERVIEWS AT GOOGLE THE DAY GMAIL LAUNCHES
Pichai joined Google in 2004 and began with products including Google Toolbar.
SOURCES: Wharton Magazinereported
2008
CHROME BECOMES HIS BREAKOUT BET
Google launched Chrome in 2008, a product Pichai helped lead that later became the world’s dominant web browser.
SOURCES: Wharton Magazinereported
2013
ANDROID LANDS ON HIS DESK
Pichai took over Google’s Android division in 2013, adding the world’s largest mobile operating-system platform to his responsibilities.
SOURCES: Wharton Magazinereported
Aug 2015
LARRY PAGE HANDS HIM GOOGLE
Pichai became Google CEO in 2015 as the company reorganized under Alphabet.
SOURCES: Wharton Magazinereported
2016
GOOGLE DECLARES ITSELF AI-FIRST
Under Pichai, Google publicly shifted from a mobile-first framing toward an AI-first strategy.
SOURCES: Googlefirst-party
2019
NOW HE RUNS ALPHABET TOO
Pichai became chief executive of both Google and Alphabet in 2019 when founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepped back from daily management.
SOURCES: Stanfordreported
Dec 6, 2023
THE GEMINI ERA BEGINS
Pichai and Demis Hassabis introduced Gemini as Google’s largest and most capable AI model family at the time.
SOURCES: Googlefirst-party
